Going Long and Hard.

[Steve Vai]

Made it to the YOOP. Took us like 24 hours because we got caught in a pretty bad snow storm and stopped to wait it out. (Pic below is not during the snowstorm but earlier when we were excited for snow 🤣) The van is completely packed with 2 bikes and gear so there was a bivy worth of space to sleep in the back that had 2 people in it. It was too tight to actually sleep but we were able to rest enough to get moving again after the plows came through.

Dee's packet pickup was today so we did that and then packed her bike for tomorrow. Course looks stupid fast.

My Gear Check is Sunday so I'll probably get out and ride part of the 30 route tomorrow as a shake down and to take pics...there's 450 people racing tomorrow so there are Fat Bikes all over the place.

 

[Steve Vai]

 

[qclabrat]

For those that have no idea what I'm talking about becuase it's weirdo Rando stuff, here's the Societe Charly Miller Page from Rusa.org

La Société Charly Miller | Randonneurs USA

rusa.org

Didn't realize Ed was on the list

 

[Steve Vai]

Didn't realize Ed was on the list

Ed's a crusher. He finished the 600k like 6 hours ahead of me last year.

 

[Steve Vai]

Dropped Dee off at the start and then drove up the first absolute monster of a climb to watch the 30/15 racers come through. Luckily, I get to hit that climb and do the 30 course after 110-mile warm up 🤣

 

[Steve Vai]

Pre rode the end of my course. Super fun today but will be very difficult by the time I get there. Really punchy and twisty. Sort of like 6-mile but with elevation. I wanted pics of some of the Todd signs because we won't have any markings when we go.

 

[Steve Vai]

Locked and loaded. Last shake down ride. Gear check and rider's meeting. 7am go time. Link below.

Polar Roll 2023 live tracking app by trackleaders.com

Embeddable tracking application, live tracking event map for Polar Roll 2023, leaderboard coverage, including links to individual track history pages

trackleaders.com

 

[iman29]

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Locked and loaded. Last shake down ride. Gear check and rider's meeting. 7am go time. Link below.

Polar Roll 2023 live tracking app by trackleaders.com

Embeddable tracking application, live tracking event map for Polar Roll 2023, leaderboard coverage, including links to individual track history pages

trackleaders.com

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That’s a lot of gear just to ride down the hallway no ? 🤪

 

[Patrick]

Looks like our guitar hero is making good progress.

I need to wait for his review of

The VelociPastor (2019)

In this cult film sensation, a newly orphaned priest travels to China in search of spirituality and instead gains the power to turn into a dinosaur.

tubitv.com

🎥 Watch The VelociPastor (2019) - Free Movies

 

[Steve Vai]

Scratched at 103. Snow soaked my kit through and then started freezing with no options but to freeze to death or call it. Was in top 10 too 😢

 

[JDurk]

Scratched at 103. Snow soaked my kit through and then started freezing with no options but to freeze to death or call it. Was in top 10 too 😢

Bummer, saw your Strava activity before this. Get warm.

 

[Juggernaut]

Scratched at 103. Snow soaked my kit through and then started freezing with no options but to freeze to death or call it. Was in top 10 too 😢

It’s not like finishing posthumously was an option, So…thanks for not 🪦

 

[Steve Vai]

 

[Steve Vai]

 

[Steve Vai]

 

[Steve Vai]

Ride hard, eat more hard.

 

[Steve Vai]

Damn. Not that it makes a difference now, but I definitely didn't think we could use the bike shop in Ishmeping to sleep, dry out, and refuel before heading into RAMBA. Not having a warm place to stop and refuel before that push was why I called it 😢 Apparently everyone used it.

 

[serviceguy]

Damn. Not that it makes a difference now, but I definitely didn't think we could use the bike shop in Ishmeping to sleep, dry out, and refuel before heading into RAMBA. Not having a warm place to stop and refuel before that push was why I called it 😢 Apparently everyone used it.

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I think you should treat yourself to some purple stuff…
https://k-edge.com/shop/computer-mo...le-mount/?mc_cid=e62647da26&mc_eid=f4c30e40cb

 

[Steve Vai]

Ray's.

 

[Steve Vai]